How To Read Music: DC al Coda and DS al Coda

We’ve covered the repeat bar in a previous video, but there’s a different, more complicated way to repeat things in music called a coda. This is Part 32 of the How To Read Music series.
A coda is a symbol that always goes near the end to indicate a closing passage. Once we reach one of these, we immediately go back to an earlier point in the piece, without stopping. Where we go back to is shown by a dal segno, or just a segno for short.
To make this even more confusing, we have DC Al Coda and DS Al Coda. Every time you see DC, think Play from the beginning, and every time you see DS, think start from the segno. So DC Al Coda means once you reach it, to play from the beginning, and DS al Coda means once you reach it, to start from the segno.
But now with our second playthrough, we need to jump to the coda. Once we reach To Coda, we jump immediately to the coda symbol, and then finish the piece.

[GFCoyleWVU]

While, yes, it’s confusing … this is a HUGE help to me right now. So thank you!

[soulfulserenity]

That's awesome, thank you! The Hungarian Dance piece I'm reading says "D.C. al 'sengo', poi CODA" so I guess that means to the beginning I go!

[teaganakin]

This helped me get my kid through his band lesson today. Thank you!

[czuo]

not confusing at all, actually pretty clear, got it the first try, thanks! :D

[ClarenceClive]

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[chaikinz]

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL THANK YOU from someone who has been learning an instrument for the first time in a college marching band for 2 years

[kenzluvstheatre]

This really helped! I have never played a coda before, and this video helped me more than my teacher would have! Thanks!

[CalebHebertComposer]

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[NikiPatel-mowe]

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